Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The ickey shuffle


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The result was   no consensus between keep and merge. Keep by default, and move to Ickey Shuffle in accordance with naming conventions. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 01:14, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

The ickey shuffle

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Non notable "celebration" by a single player. Jenuk1985 |  Talk  20:56, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - I've added an ABC News reference which calls it "iconic" - I think that's notability. JohnCD (talk) 21:13, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions.  -- — LinguistAtLarge • Talk  21:31, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - I added a NY Times reference. I think this meets WP:N guidelines fairly easily, although a merge with Ickey Woods could be discussed in the future. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk  21:47, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep, plenty of referenmces, article needs development. Jezhotwells (talk) 22:09, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect to Ickey Woods. Probably meets WP:N, but I don't see a need for a separate article at this point, based on the length and depth of both this article and the individual's own article. Strikehold (talk) 22:43, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - It is currently a stub, but do you think it could never be expanded? Or has it just not been expanded yet? In my opinion, there is a big difference between the two. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk  23:14, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't see how it is a big difference. I'm not opposed to stubs, even if there is no hope of them being expanded. But this subject seems so interconnected to its creator, that I'm not sure of the value of breaking the information off into a separate article. If article length ever becomes an issue, it can always be folded back into a separate article. Strikehold (talk) 00:19, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect, no question that this is a significant topic, but I agree that it would be better off being part of the player's article. It's not like axel jump, which is named for the first person to do it but is performed commonly by others: since he's the only one, no reason that it should stand by itself.  Nyttend (talk) 00:28, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep If there was any one touchdown dance that would be kept, it would be this one. It was the single dance that made touchdown dances notable. Eauhomme (talk) 05:20, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep This is often thought to be the celebration that started it all, so it certainly merits being kept.  However, the article needs improvement - more should be added. Mandermagic (talk) 05:54, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Rename to Ickey shuffle (use of 'the' when not neccesary is discouraged by naming conventions), merge and redirect per Nyttend's reasoning unless the claim it was the dance that started it off can be substantiated to allow a straight keep. - Mgm|(talk) 08:12, 9 April 2009 (UTC)


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